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The world lost one of the only direct windows
into the carnage in Homs, Syria, when Rami al-Sayed's video live stream went dark
Tuesday. A citizen journalist, al-Sayed was live streaming the Assad regime's bombardment
of Baba Amr and the brutal after-effects when he was struck
by shrapnel and bled to death soon after, according to news
reports. When outlets including the BBC World, SkyNews, and Al Jazeera
aired his live footage, they highlighted how important this medium has become
to journalism. And when the Syrian army took his life they proved how
vulnerable it is.

The issue of press accreditation continues to reverberate. In
November, when the Occupy movement came into conflict with law enforcement
across the country and at least 20 journalists covering the events were arrested,
CPJ reported
that disputes over press accreditation were at the center of many of those arrests.
Last week, credentials played a role in the arrests of journalists not only at
tumultuous Occupy demonstrations in Oakland but also inside the more hushed
chambers of Capitol Hill.